Posts Tagged ‘instrumental variables’

January 23rd, 2012

Drug-Eluting vs. Bare-Metal Stents, Using Instrumental Variable Analysis

David J. Cohen, the principal investigator of an observational PCI registry study of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents, sheds light on a risk-adjustment technique called “instrumental variable analysis.” CardioExchange welcomes your thoughts on the value of this method and on the study it was used to elucidate. The Study Using data from a prospective observational PCI registry, researchers […]